Drifters Wife Chords

Short bars are 2/4
 
[Intro]
 C    G    B7   Em
 G D  G C  G    D  G    G
 
[Verse 1]
C                       G
Had me a woman down in Tennessee
B7              Em
Boy she used to love me
  G         D            G      C
Free fever got me and I had to go
   G               D        G
I never seen that woman no more
 
[Verse 2]
C                    G
New York City is a place I been
       B7                     Em
I was there one time with a travellin' band
G            D          G      C
Young girl there wanted me to stay
    G               D     G
I think she wanted me to pay
 
[Chorus]
C            G
Roll it out, roll it in
B7                   Em
Here we go down the road again
  G        D          G        C
Drifter's life is a drifter's wife
       G            D        G
Don't say I didn't tell you so
 
[Break]
 B7   Em   B7   Em
 G D  G C  G    D  G    G
 
[Verse 3]
  C                 G
Travellin' man now he don't know
B7                        Em
Only what he hears on the radio
 G            D           G      C
Politics and money don't bother him
      G                        D         G
Only good lookin' women and a bottle of gin
 
[Verse 4]
 C                        G
Portland, Oregon, to the Mexican line
B7                       Em
Boy let me tell you the women are fine
        G           D           G    C
If you don't hang around there very long
         G           D          G
They'll never ever know you're gone
 
[Chorus]
 C            G
Roll it out, roll it in
B7                   Em
Here we go down the road again
  G        D          G        C
Drifter's wife is a drifter's life
       G            D        G
Don't say I didn't tell you so
 
[Outro]
 C    G    B7   Em
 G D  G C  G    D  G    G  G
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